Kaliningrad

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Map highlighting Kaliningrad Oblast, a small Russian exclave on the Baltic Sea, situated between Poland and Lithuania. The map shows surrounding countries including Russia, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Belarus, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Germany, and Norway, with major cities and borders clearly marked.

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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Add new Web site: Official Tourism Site of Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad oblast, Russia.	Gloria Lotha	Apr 28, 2026
	Add new Web site: Durham University - Kaliningrad: NATO and EU enlargement issues focus new attention on Russias border with Central Europe (PDF).	Grace Young	Mar 20, 2026
	Add new Web site: MapsofIndia.com - Kaliningrad, Russia.	Emily Rodriguez	Dec 04, 2025
	Add new Web site: Russia-IC - Kaliningrad Region.	Grace Young	Sep 13, 2025
	Add new Web site: GlobalSecurity.org - Kaliningrad - Profile.	Gloria Lotha	Apr 09, 2025
	Add new Web site: U.S. Naval Institute - The Strategic Relevance of Kaliningrad.	Gloria Lotha	Jan 29, 2025
	Add new Web site: Academia - The Kaliningrad Oblast of the Russian Federation as a Geopolitical Wedge of Russia in Central and Eastern Europe: Regional, State and International Context (PDF).	Aakanksha Gaur	Aug 23, 2024
	Add new Web site: BBC News - Kaliningrad profile.	Gloria Lotha	Apr 11, 2024
	Add new Web site: Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation - Kaliningrad Region.	Gloria Lotha	Jan 07, 2024
	Add new Web site: The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe - Kaliningrad, Russia.	Emily Rodriguez	Jan 20, 2023
	Media added.	Michael Ray	Jun 22, 2018
	Add new Web site: Fact Monster - World - Kaliningrad, Russia.	Parul Jain	Mar 22, 2012
	Add new Web site: CRW Flags - Flag of Kaliningrad, Russia.	Parul Jain	Mar 14, 2012
	Add new Web site: How Stuff Works - Geography - Geography of Kaliningrad, Russia.	Parul Jain	Mar 14, 2012
	Media added.	Amy Tikkanen	Sep 02, 2011
	Add new Web site: Lonely Planet - Kaliningrad.	Veenu Setia	Jul 26, 2010
	Population data updated.	Heather Campbell	Jan 14, 2009
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998